Lehigh County District Judge Robert Halal found enough evidence existed for Alicea-Perez to face trial on criminal homicide charges.

Earlier the night of the shooting, police said Alicea-Perez attempted to enter the Tu Casa Night Club in Allentown, where Rojas worked as a bouncer.

Recognizing Alicea-Perez from a previous incident, Rojas refused to admit him and the two got into a heated argument, according to Cruz's testimony.

"(Rojas) said 'Be ready after work. I'll be ready for you,' and Mr. Perez said he took that as a threat," Cruz said.

During his police interview, Alicea-Perez admitted he went home, retrieved his handgun, then traveled to a separate after-hours nightclub in the basement of Manhattan Barber Shop at Seventh and Morris streets, Cruz said.

Alicea-Perez knew Rojas was going to be visiting the nightclub that night, so he lay in wait there until 2:45 a.m., when Rojas was shot, the detective testified.

"He explained he was so angry that he was crying as he was waiting in the dark," Cruz said.

Wearing a blue prison jumpsuit, Alicea-Perez did not speak during today's preliminary hearing, except at one point when he complained to his attorney that the shackles on his ankles were too tight.

Rojas was shot inside a small stairwell leading into the nightclub, according to testimony. Friends had taken him to Sacred Heart Hospital after the shooting. He was transferred to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, where he was pronounced dead.